ERIC Number: ED147045
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1977-Jun
Pages: 32
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Evaluation Report of the Busby School Title IV Program.
Streiff, Paul R.
In the 1976-77 school year, the Title IV Program included 11 components: continuation of the Parent Advisory Committee; sponsorship of 4 community/school feasts centered around Title IV concerns; employment of classroom aides; development of cultural instructional objectives and materials; elementary school counselor to help meet the most serious problems identified as "students' lack of interest", "attendance", and "use of drugs and alcohol"; provision of inservice training; provision of a "transitional English" program for the high school; expansion of the high school's home agriculture program; a community recreation program; instructional materials and media center and services; and administration of the Title IV Program. Program evaluation was conducted using questionnaires, checklists, on-site observations, individual interviews and informal conversations held with the school staff, and with members of the parent committee and the School Board. In general it was concluded that the Title IV Program had been effectively and conscientiously administered during the year, and that several program components had really captured the essence of meeting the special educational needs of the Northern Cheyenne people. Program weaknesses included a tendency toward proliferation of components; the recreation program's weaknesses with staffing continuity, specification of objectives, recordkeeping, and facilities; and the lack of understanding of the importance of sequenced, well-formed objectives in a good education program. (NQ)
Descriptors: American Indians, Community Involvement, Cultural Education, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Instructional Programs, Parent Participation, Program Content, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Program Validation, School Community Relationship, Supplementary Education
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Sponsor: Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. Office of Indian Education.
Authoring Institution: Busby School, MT.
Identifiers - Location: Montana
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Indian Education Act 1972
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